Table of Contents

Preface Introduction: Mindscapes and Metaphor Part One: Bare Bones Prologue Chapter 1. Knowledge as Approximation Chapter 2. The Necessity of Metaphor Chapter 3. Broadening the Research Paradigm Part Two: Flesh and Tissue Prologue Chapter 4. Metaphors for the Self Chapter 5. Models of Interrelatedness: The Emergence of Systems Theory Chapter 6. Toward a Process Psychology: Systems Metaphors of Self and Change Part Three: Indra's Net Prologue Chapter 7. Images of Wholeness: Toward a Unifying Systems Metaphor Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Linda E. Olds is Professor of Psychology at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. She is also the author of Fully Human.

Reviews

"In an era of ever increasing specialization, both within psychology and between psychology and other 'fields,' this book opens the doors and windows and lets in fresh air. It is a courageous inquiry into knowing in the broadest sense, and a defense of the necessity of this broadest sense if we are to have real progress. If there is hope for the academy to recapture a sense of intellectual mission, instead of functioning as a holding company for nervously competing interests, it will come from books like this one." - Michael A. Wallach, Duke University "I found it to be a highly intelligent, extremely well organized introduction to the new wave criticism of mainline behavioristic and rationalistic disciplines." - David L. Hall, University of Texas "I believe that Metaphors of Interrelatedness will revitalize and give fresh dimension to the liberal arts. It was a treat to read." - Jane L. Evanson, Alaska Pacific University